The Intelligent Founder by Poonam Parihar
Heavyweight, deep-dives only. Operator-grade frameworks, playbooks, and teardowns on enterprise AI, quantum, telco, network and infrastructure, from a deep-tech founder (ex-AT&T, Cisco, HBS).
What to expect!
Deep-dive Essays — frameworks, teardowns, and playbooks you can put to work right away
podcast + companion article — a ~15-20-min conversation with a short written piece
Occasional bonus deep-dives — when an idea is too important not to share widely
What This Isn’t
No beginner tutorials, no prompt hacks, no generic AI news, no hype
Frequency
1-2 posts a week. Subscribe here👇
AI Unfiltered > Lightweight Companion
Near-daily, high-signal, fast. The lightweight counterpart to Intelligent Founder, living on LinkedIn.
Fast takes, short guides, PDFs, and curated links you can skim in minutes
Weekly digest to catch up on what mattered
Future: evolving toward a builder platform on aiunfiltered.dev
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Quantopinion.ai ( Medium):
A separate QuantOpinion blog keeps deep‑dive quantum analysis focused and uncluttered, without overwhelming readers who come to Intelligent Founder AI for broader startup and founder content.
A weekly publication, Quantopinion.ai is all about quantum technologies from a founder actively building in the field, with a focus on what actually matters beyond the hype. It tracks how quantum, AI and real‑world infrastructure intersect, from sensing and edge hardware to optimization and commercial roadmaps.
Subscribe to Quantopinion.ai here 👇 - if you’re on Medium, it’s free to read, and I often share friend links.
The Network Effect on LinkedIn:
The Network Effect is my monthly LinkedIn newsletter tracking where telco and AI collide: from programmable networks and 5G to edge intelligence and new platform plays.
Subscribe to the newsletter here 👇
Recommendations & Partnerships / Sponsorship
If you’d like to explore a partnership, swap recommendations, or reciprocate on intros, send a short note with what you have in mind.
AI Unfiltered is also open for guest posts from founders, engineers, and researchers building at the intersection of AI, telco, and critical infrastructure.
If you have products that genuinely help founders and deep‑tech teams, I’m happy to explore working together - just reach out with a short note.
Chat/ Message:
No DMs . please feel free to drop your thoughts in comment on posts or in notes and connect with me on linkedin and/or Twitter.
Also just got to know I made it to the rising leaderboard in sometime mid December for a minute? I think :) I missed seeing it but very motivating to begin 2026 on that note. I have been here about 6 months, and I believe I did the right thing, I can improve on my consistency and interactions though, so I am looking forward todo just that and have many more conversation and connections in 2026.
PS the two profiles below is substack pulling a prank on me with two different email addresses, I decided to keep both. feel free to follow any or both.
